Home / Topics / Marriage Quotes

Marriage Quotes

Browse 6430 quotes about Marriage.

Marriage Quotes

“Marriage is not something that can be accomplished all at once; it has to be constantly reaccomplished. A couple must never indulge in idle tranquility with the remark: "The game is won; let's relax." The game is never won. The chances of life are such that anything is possible. Remember what the dangers are for both sexes in middle age. A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.”

“Marriage. The beginning and the end are wonderful. But the middle part is hell.”

Ends Marriage Hell Wonderful Middle

Book:Four Plays

Source: Four Plays

“When I married Humphrey I made up my mind to like sermons, and I set out by liking the end very much. That soon spread to the middle and the beginning, because I couldn't have the end without them.”

Mind Made Ends Religion Church Marriage Middle Married Spread Sermons

Book:Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.”

Men Age Young Marriage Wife Middle Young Man Companion Old Man Nurse Wedding Mistress Middle Ages Best Marriage Wives And Mothers Great Wife Young Wife

Author:Francis Bacon

“My mother was tickled and I think kind of proud when my father got hit on my an attractive middle-aged Asian lady who hadn't noticed he was with his family. He was certainly pleased about it.”

Thinking Kind Mother Father Marriage Middle Proud Attractive Asian Middle Aged

Author:Craig Ferguson

“To marry a woman with any success a man must have a total experience of her, he must come to see her and accept her in time as well as in space. Besides coming to love what she is now, he must also come to realize and love equally the baby and the child she once was, and the middle-aged woman and the old lady she will eventually become.”

Men Wells Children Realizing Space Accepting Marriage Middle Baby And Love Middle Aged Old Lady

Author:James W Keyes

“Both in the lower and the middle classes the wiseacres urge young men 'to think it over' before taking the decisive step. Thus they foster the delusion that the choice of a wife or husband may be governed by a certain number of accurately weighable pros and cons. This is a crude delusion on the part of common sense.”

Thinking Men May Young Certain Choices Common Numbers Marriage Steps Class Wife Middle Husband Common Sense Young Man Middle Class Delusion Urges Crude Pros And Cons

Author:Denis de Rougemont

“I have never been able to sleep with anyone. I require a full-size bed so that I can lie in the middle of it and extend my arms spreadeagle on both sides without being obstructed.”

I Can Able Lying Sides Sleep Marriage Middle Arms Bed Size Both Sides

Author:Mae West

“When I was young, I used to have successes with women because I was young. Now I have successes with women because I am old. Middle age was the hardest part.”

Age Young Used Marriage Middle Hardest Middle Ages

Author:Arthur Rubinstein

“I couldn't see much point in tying myself down to a middle-aged woman with four children, even though the woman was my wife and the children were my own.”

Children My Own Marriage Four Wife Middle Our Children My Wife Middle Aged

Author:Joseph Heller